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The Ministry of the Environment prosecutor has warned Teneria Bermudez executives that the factory will remain “provisionally closed” until they fulfill the legal requirements and use chemicals that fulfill the parameters for non-pollution by effluents. Prosecutor Jacinto Mejia met with the tannery’s president, Aquiles Bermudez and his lawyers, and, afterwards, he told reporters that since …

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Last year, the Dominican government spent RD$5.56 billion pesos on propane (LPG) subsidies, but this year the total is said to be just RD$2.4 billion. The lower amount allocated to subsidize the LPG used in household cooking is due to the obligation for such a reduction contained in the Letter of Intent that will be …

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The Department of Taxes (DGII) has reported income of RD$13.4 billion for January, a 61% increase on the money received in 2006. According to a press release from the DGII, the government office received over RD$3 billion more than it had projected. Corporate and personal income taxes made up 44% of the large income and …

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The Dominican government is asking the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to raise the foreign debt limit by 173%, according to the document that covers the fifth and sixth revisions of the Stand-by agreement. The government also promises to limit the subsidy to the electric sector and LPG for household use to between 1% and 2% …

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Today marks the tenth anniversary of the OGM Data Bank. This little-known resource for researching recent Dominican history contains articles from the entire publication history of El Caribe newspaper, as well as other newspaper and magazine collections. The OGM Central de Datos, to give the organization its proper name, was the result of collaboration between …

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A forum in Santo Domingo with the imposing title of “Regional and cross-border environmental management: a challenge for international cooperation” has raised what, in the light of the speakers, might be called “ideological entrapment” on the issue of how Dominicans and Haitians think about each other. The German aid agency GTZ sponsored the forum and …

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Fernando Capellan, the president of Grupo M, a major industrial free zone company, has told reporters that the problem facing the free zones in the Dominican Republic is not China, but rather the lack of support from government authorities that fail to see the effects of the closure of free zone companies or the loss …

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The National Drug Control Office (DNCD) has announced the seizure of 51.7 kilograms of cocaine during an operation on the Puerto Plata docks. The big news is that the drugs were seized from an official of the Antillean Marine Corporation, and the drugs were recovered from a vehicle with an official license plate from the …

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Police chief Bernardo Santana Paez met with barrio leaders in Santiago yesterday to discuss the reports that self-defense brigades were being formed to combat crime. He met with representatives from San Jose La Mina, Hato Mayor and Barrio Lindo. Santana told the community leaders that he would be meeting with the president of the Fighting …

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Dominican baseball champions the Aguilas Cibaenas, representing the country at the 2007 Caribbean Series were crowned champions of the regional tournament as they defeated the team from Mexico 5-3. The 3-1 defeat of Puerto Rico by Venezuela guaranteed the team from Santiago de los Caballeros their fifth series title. The Dominican Republic has now won …

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